The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-22
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters OF Money and Management
About Various Lines.

Ellaville, Fla, shipped 1853 carloads of
lumber in fifteen days recently.
Capt. J. w. Craig, of the Charleston and
Savannah railway, WAC in the city yester-
day.
1t takes 5 200 employees TO do the work of
the Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany.
1t is said that the Morgan line of steamers
will be running to Cedar Key, Fla, by
Oct. l.
Tampa is taking steps to secure the early
completion of the Florida Railway and
Navigation TO her limits.
The John G. Sinclair is the name of an
elegant new engine just received by the
Tayares, Apopka and Gulf railroad, Florida.
Track laying on the Tavares, Apopka and
Gulf railroad was commenced again last
Saturday at Montverde, Fla, and will con-
tinue without stop to the end Of the grade
on both branches
We have received assurance from very
good authority, says the Kerr City (Fla.l
Advertiser, that the railroad proposed to
run by Salt Springs will be built this
winter. Transportation for teh Lake Kerr
section is only a question of very short
time.
The Florida Railroad Commission is
earnestly at work at Tallahassee, every day
in the week, fixing rates of tariff on the
various railroad lines in the State. The
task is heavy one, but the Commissioners
are devoting themselves to it with a de
termination to adjust matters satisfactorily,
both to the transportation companies and to
their customers. Some complaints have
already been filed with the Commissioner,
and the public is notified that individuals,
committees, or representatives of corpora
tions will be granted hearings at any time
1.-THE fastest time ever made ON South
ern railroad is claimed by Augusta for En-
gineer William Raney, of the Georgia rail
road. 1t was during the Black Colquitt
campaign for United States Senatorship,
when Maj. Black was to address the mem
bers of the Legislature. A special train
was made up at Augusta for a number of
citizens who wished TO go up to hear him.
The trip from Augusta to Atlanta, dis
lance of III miles, was made in three hours
and twenty five minutes, with nine stops
From Conyers to Atlanta, a distance of
thirty-one miles, six stations were passed
and the run made in thirty-four minutes
Messrs. Hampton & Bradeen. sub-con-
tractors on the Macon and Covingtou rail-
road, and who had about 100 hands at work
grading between Madison and Athens, have
withdrawn their force and accepted a con-
tract on the Macon and Florida railroad,
according to Madison GA special 1t is
IDdJ owen N davenport ana
the other contractors on the Macon and
Covington will stop work after Oct 1, as
they have not been paid off in months, and
refuse to work longer without the money
1t is reported that Mr.. Post, the moneyed
man of the company, has lost the greater
part of his wealth specializing on Wall
street, and hence the failure of the road
Hon. James M. Smith, the contractor, is
due over $40. 900, but the bulk of this amount
is due sub-contractors, Col Smith is not
responsible to other parties unless he is paid
off. This collapse works great hardship
to several good men who have invested their
all in grading sections of the road, and
who are now without hope of getting what
is due them 1t is reported that suit will be
made against the road by the contractor,
and the same placed in the hands of re-
ceiver. The road is in operation q few miles
this side of Monticello, and is graded nine
miles beyond Madison, leaving only nine
teen miles of grading to complete the line to
Athens, and twelve miles of this is very
light work. The people of Macon have
given up all hope of the road being speedily
built, unless it changes hands as work on it
will soon stop altogether. There is no doubt
however, of the road being pushed through
to Athens eventually, as there is nowhere
else for it to 60 From Monticello to sew
eral miles beyond Madison, with the excep-
ton of a small gap at that place, the road is
ready for the croSs-ties and iron